Starting my typographic poster

I have taken a lot of inspiration regarding colour from Reid's work so far. I think bright acid wash looking colours are fitting for my theme and stay true to the aesthetic of graphic design of this era. 

I decided to instead of using real pictures in my design to create block colour and shapes from images, I think this is effective in creating contrast in my work, this has enabled me to play around with clashing colour a lot more. Next I need to look further into typography and how to arrange my text. I also have a lot of space on the page at the moment which needs filling

Looking at images of punk figures

Some images I will consider using or taking influence from.

Use of helvetica??

From the begining, I admired helvetica as a typeface and planned to use it as part of my typographic design within my coursework. I think it is a very effective typography within the design industry which is very versitile and simple. But since deciding to base my idea around a punk exhibition. I've decided that Helvetica won't be appropriate to the style and mood of the pieces I will be creating. Instead I will probably use something closer to the fonts that were used on the album and promotional work used by the Sex Pistols at the time of the release of 'Nevermind the Bollocks'.

Paul bass copy

After looking further into Saul Bass following discussion in  class, I researched further into his work, I really found the rough illustrations used effective and wanted to explore, using this myself so I created my own version of one of his graphic designs using Ilustrator.

inspo- SAUL BASS FILM POSTERS

Imagery to use in design

Final idea

After realising that this year is the 40th anniversary of the punk movement, and having looked in depth at significant graphic designers of this era such as Reid and Bubbles- I have decided to base my promotional pack on an exhibition celebrating 40 years of punk, which explores punk throughout this time period, with artwork, iconic photographs, costumes, album covers, and instruments from this era.

Despite preferring Barney Bubbles work in terms of graphic design and aesthetic, I feel that Reid's work is much more iconic when referring to punk as a movement. I will definitely take a lot of inspiration from Reid and will use acid colours and roughly outlined images. By taking most influence from Reid my target audience for the promotional package will probably identify most easily.